How to Milk a Kicking Cow // 5 Great Ideas

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[AutoCrete]

I worked at a small dairy (60 or 70 cows) that bought 6 Brown Swiss just to compare to the Holsteins that made up the rest of the herd. They wanted no part of humans touching their udders. The barn had steel posts supporting the hay loft with enough room for 2 cows between posts. After a day of near combat conditions when milking those Brown Swiss cows. The following day I let the 2 cows beside them out and went into the empty stall to prep the cow for the milking machine on the meanest Brown Swiss. She meant to kick me into my next life but her foot hit the steel post instead of me. The kick was so hard it shook dust off of the floor joists of the loft. The rest of that milking went smooth as silk but that cow had a pretty bad limp when I let her out of her stanchion. After that day she acted aggravated when being milked but NEVER tried to kick me again.

[jordanjohnson]

Never seen the nose clip before, lots of insight!

[grandpa]

Hello, my daughter bottle fed a Jersey calf, it's 2yr and just had it's first calf, btw very tiny but can stand.
Kid's are struggling I just shared this video with them, it brought back memories from my youth. Same farm
Mother milked Blacky for year's, she was a great gentle cow who loved milk time, would come running.
Sadly, I give it 50/50 kids will be successful, I've suggested buying a second day old calf, because there's a lot of milk!
Thanks again, for the Memories!

[varunrana]

Thank you so much it really help here in India we use different technique to tie the cow legs

[Silagepunk-]

You’re right, cows have long memories and do not respond well to aggression. Temperament in a cow is so important- I have sent off several heifers that proved to be impossible to work with. That’s after weeks of patience and using some of the tricks you show in this excellent video.
It certainly helps to gentle them as a growing calf and I find they remember this and are easier to work with later on. Keep up the good work, Greetings from Sussex, England.

[robinbutler]

Your girls are awesome! Thank you so much for sharing

[BCVS]

Kicking Cow Butter. I’ll be looking for that at my grocery store. 😉. Great video!

[MyNomDePlume]

I'm not a fan of tying rear legs on a milk cow. If the cow goes nuts, it can hurt you or itself. I had a cow tied at the legs once, which disturbed it. While trying to get the legs untied, the cow backed up and kicked me in the head. I flew backwards five or six feet and had a TBI which took months to recover from. If a cow is kicking, either put it in a squeeze chute, get a proper stanchion with a metal bars where it can't kick, or stop milking it. Some cows are just not worth the trouble.

[Falsfa-BL-Adab]

That's great, i'm a vet doctor and actualy it's very important to restrain the animal while dealing with it.. Thank you for advising people not to take the risk with the dangerous animal and sell it to butcher

[deb]

Great video!! We've had kicking cows before and have tied off the leg closest to us and after a few times of that she stopped kicking...thankfully!! Also, when we hand milk we use 2 pails. One with a lid that we set behind us and the one we milk into. We periodically pour the milk into the container with the lid so that IF by chance a foot or other debris gets into our milking pail, we just give that to the critters and keep our milk clean!!

[anyanuri]

Wonderful cow is my favourite animal in the world

[NaturopathsGarden]

Fantastic description girls, really appreciate your video and I love the way you handle your livestock

[wethen]

I have a first calf Jersey cow that is a kicking little witch. We tried various things and methods. What works is the Cow Can't Kick device. To kick a cow must bend at the stifle (their knee) to lift the foot. The cowcantkick is a sort of a steel pincher that you put just in front of the hook bones (their hip bones) and tilt it back, then tighten with a crank. The steel bar in front of their stiffles makes it literally impossible for them to kick. An old retired dairyman showed me this.

[joanneholinaty]

Thank you so much for this informative video we were having some problems with our girl Maybelle but thank goodness she’s come around and straightened out but I have saved this video in two places for future reference thank you again very kindly

[MamaNPapaBabyBear]

Excellent video. I really really appreciate the info and great experience you have shared. I'm keeping this for reference forever. Nice job.

[Woodratsxp]

This is a super great video! Great job girls!

[arielgomez]

Ived used to do the 1st restraint (ived got 30 heads of dairy cows, back then but only one is a kicker)it works well too, but being kicked by a cow is not fun, I tell you 😄👍..

[abdullahalshamis]

Thank you for the great information 🙏🏻💞

[foseninfo]

What often works with first time heifers is turning slowly half around and give the cow a good look in the eye RIGHT after she kicks and then continue with milking. She will feel the attention as a punishment. Her focus will shift from the milking process to looking at You wether You wil turn around again. It takes some courage as for a few seconds You can no longer see her foot.
It sometimes feels like a heifer will keep on kicking forever, I however tell myself the animal thinks I will never stop trying! Now its easier for me to stay calm and cope with her behaviour and make het quit.

[AutoCrete]

Something that worked well for me while hand milking was to wear a toque or a beanie and lean your forehead into the cows flank while milking. I'm not sure why but it did have a calming effect on the cow. Perhaps it makes the cow feel a bit like a calf is nursing???